It's been a while since I've done a long stream of conciousness ramble...

We went to dinner at the ILs last night.  It was a pretty good visit.  After dinner , instead of twiddling our thumbs we went for a walk to a nearby playground.  The kids had so much fun and the walk was really nice.  It gets so boring sitting in the ILs living room with nothing much to talk about and just watching the kids play for a couple of hours, so it was great to be outside and moving instead.

Our chickens are getting really close to laying.  Their combs have gotten larger, and the combs and wattles are getting quite red.  I can't wait for the first eggs!  I'm very glad we got the chickens.  Even without the eggs, they are a fun and low maintenence pet. 

Speaking of pets, we are babysitting our neighbor girl's fish this weekend.  LOL  The kids are thrilled, and love feeding it (three flakes for each girl and one for Vincent to give three times a day).  It's quite the pain to count out individual flakes, but we have to make it fair doncha know.  :D

We are going to our friends' cabin next weekend, and all going to the Kickapoo Country Fair sponsored by Organic Valley.  Lisa is doing one of the Sustainability Presentations, and John has to man a booth for their book, so we'll help out with Liam, their son.  It looks like it should be a fun day.

The Cable Weave sweater body is finished.  I love it!  I want one in my size!  I still need to do the sleeves, but that's on hold until I get some size 8 dpns.  I could work them in a magic loop way (even thought my circ isn't a super long one), but I'm really not fond of that.  Maybe I'm not getting the concept correctly or something, because I've not met anyone else who didn't like the magic loop.  I started on Isabella's stripey sweater yesterday.  It's a top down, in the round raglan, done in stripes of purple, yellow, pink and blue.  I'm randoming the stripe size, and debating if I'll random the order too. 

I so need to finish sewing up my Jagaer Cape sweater.  Two little seams and the neckline, and then it'll be done.  I'm not one who loves finishing, which is why this has languished.  I guess that's why I love designs that are worked in the round or the ones like Green Mountain Spinnery has that are done bottom up in the round, and then the shoulders are bound off together.  No seaming sounds great to me!

I've found a pick your own blueberries place about an hour away.  I want to go, but I want to know how much they charge and when they are open.  I've called three times in the last 2 weeks, and they haven't returned any one of my calls yet.  Argh.  I might just buy a case from Brennans (a local fruit/veggie, cheese and wine store) if they don't call soon.

Our local farmer's market moved up to the square.  It's closer now, and we are always up on the square, so I'm actually getting up there.  It's good stuff, very cheap, and everyone I've bought from so far doesn't use chemicals ("those are too expensive" they say when I ask).  Can't go wrong with that!